Washington D.C. - In 2015, Egypt began to enact a number of laws to strengthen measures to combat financing of terrorism in line with international standards in order to strengthen its legal framework to identify terrorists and terrorist organizations in the region. U.S. State Department's 2016 Country Reports on Terrorism, released on July 19, 2017, pointed out that Egypt has activated a legal code against financing of terrorism in line with international standards, and has taken valuable steps to implement sanctions as approved by the UN Security Council against Daesh/ISIS and al-Qaeda. However, Egypt continued to be vulnerable to terrorism-financing attempts despite these efforts. Similarly, smuggling of antiquities and drugs continues to be awful nuisances, as well as using banking technologies and social media to funnel money to terrorists remains Egypt's overriding concerns. Here is part of the report on Egypt's efforts in Law enforcement. Border security, and Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing.
